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SEL2 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 292 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1205 PM CDT Mon May 19 2025 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Northwest Arkansas Central and Eastern Oklahoma * Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 1205 PM until 700 PM CDT. * Primary threats include... Several tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes likely Widespread large hail and scattered very large hail events to 4 inches in diameter likely Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely SUMMARY...Multiple clusters of intense thunderstorms will develop through the afternoon across central and eastern Oklahoma, spreading into northwest Arkansas by early evening. Supercells capable of strong tornadoes, very large hail, and damaging winds are possible. The tornado watch area is approximately along and 115 statute miles east and west of a line from 20 miles north northeast of Bartlesville OK to 10 miles southwest of Durant OK. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for tornadoes and severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible warnings. && AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 4 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector 24035. ...Hart